Technical annex 2026/27 - Local highways maintenance transparency report

1.0 Highways maintenance funding and spending figures

1.1 Capital funding allocation sources

Financial year

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27 (projected)

Highways maintenance capital funding allocated through DfT

£2,250,371

£2,250,371

£2,250,371

Other DfT capital funding utilised by local authority for highways maintenance

£203,481

£661,266

£695,734

Other Government capital funding allocated by local authority to Highways Maintenance

£

£1,279,653

£131,121.00

Other capital funding allocated to highways maintenance

£

£8,706

£

Total Capital funding allocated to highways maintenance

£2,453,852

£4,199,996

£3,077,226

1.1.2 Additional information on funding figures

The ‘other DfT capital funding’ includes Road Resurfacing Fund (2024/25) and Highway Incentive Allocation. The ‘Other Government capital funding’ consists of a percentage of the Pride in Place grant of which a percentage is potentially allocated to highway maintenance and dedicated highway funding obtained from the Tees Valley Combined Authority.

1.2 Spending 

1.2.1 Total spending 

The questions in this section (B1.2.1) relate to the spending condition set out in the 2026–27 local highways maintenance incentive funding requirements. Completion of this section forms part of the evidence required to meet this incentive funding condition.

Please confirm that you understand the answers provided in this section (B1.2.1) relate to your compliance under the 2026-27 local highways maintenance incentive funding requirements, as set out to your authority via letter to your chief executive in April and as published online.

Yes

Financial year

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27 (projected)

Total highways maintenance capital spend

£2,971,627

£4,535,219

£3,077,226

Total highways maintenance revenue spend

£2,044,878

£2,224,599

£2,678,508

Total spend

£5,016,505

£6,759,818

£5,755,734

1.2.2 Additional information on total spending figures

The Capital spend figure consists of DfT funded amounts (Pothole Fund, Incentive Element etc) in addition to a percentage of Pride in Place funding potentially allocated to Highways.

1.2.3 Spending on carriageways by type of spend in financial year 2025-26 and 2026-27 (projected)

Carriageway spend related maintenance type

Capital

2025-26

Revenue 2025-26

Capital 2026-27 (projected)

Revenue 2026-27 (projected)

Planned maintenance

 

 

 

 

Preventative carriageway maintenance

 £0

 £0

 £130,000

 £0

Structural carriageway maintenance

 £2,649,470

 £0

 £2,222,105

 £0

Planned carriageway repair / patching programmes

 £0

 £0

 £0

 £0

Reactive carriageway maintenance

 

 

 

 

Reactive carriageway repairs / patching (temporary repairs)

 £0

 £189,317

 £0

 £105,069

Reactive carriageway repairs / patching (permanent repairs)

 £0

 £829,841

 £0

 £601,113

Reactive carriageway repairs / patching (total)

 £0

£1,019,158

 £0

 £706,182

Other carriageway‑related spend

 £0

£0

 £0

£0

Total

 £2,649,470

£1,019,158

 £2,352,105

£706,182

1.2.4  Additional information on spending on carriageways by type of spend

Hartlepool Borough Council is unable to separate spending between temporary and permanent repairs within its financial systems, the figures above are calculated using the percentage of the total jobs raised, split between the job priority, multiplied by the total revenue spend. The projected reactive figures are cost of jobs raised, for each priority, over the first four months of the year multiplied by three to give an estimate for the year.